by Julie Turner | Jun 13, 2021 | What's Happening
Some of us may feel it’s more spiritual to not want anything, that ‘wanting things’ is too carnal to be worthy of Christians. I don’t think it’s actually possible to live in a place of no desire, however. The Buddhists may wish to attain this state (Nirvana, a...
by Julie Turner | Jun 13, 2021 | What's Happening
In our series ‘Questions’, looking now at the questions God asks us, we looked at Jesus’ question ‘What do you want?’ This occurs in three places (John 1:38, Matt 20:32, Mark 10:51) and shows us that Jesus is interested in every aspect of our lives. Often, we find...
by Julie Turner | Jun 13, 2021 | What's Happening
Are you in the doldrums? This phrase means to be depressed or listless, to have no interest in anything and consequently to do nothing, to be aimless and drifting. The origins of the phrase arise from a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth...
by Julie Turner | Jun 6, 2021 | What's Happening
2 Cor 5:16-17 reminds us that all those who have come to faith in Christ are new creations, and as such, we must leave our old ways and old ways of thinking behind. To be a Christian is to live by the truth of God’s word. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian...
by Julie Turner | Jun 6, 2021 | What's Happening
Garry spoke at tonight’s Little Big Church from Matt 7:15-20, a passage warning us that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. Children could easily identify sheep and wolves: They could even identify the wolf that looked like a sheep: However, it...
